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Berea Kentucky WEAVERS OF SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS TN, NC new hb/dj
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813122589
ISBN-13
9780813122588
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2303825
Product Key Features
Book Title
Weavers of the Southern Highlands
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
United States / State & Local / General, General, Weaving, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Crafts & Hobbies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
28 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-010904
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
746.1/4/09769
Synopsis
Weaving centers led the Appalachian Craft Revival at the beginning of the twentieth century. Soon after settlement workers came to the mountains to start schools, they expanded their focus by promoting weaving as a way for women to help their family's financial situation. Women wove thousands of guest towels, baby blankets, and place mats that found a ready market in the women's network of religious denominations, arts organizations, and civic clubs. Although the sales appeal often emphasized helping women with very few resources, the centers frugally covered their own expenses without charity, paying the weavers a prevailing wage. In Weavers of the Southern Highlands, Philis Alvic details how the Fireside Industries of Berea College in Kentucky began with women weaving to supply their children's school expenses and later developed student labor programs, where hundreds of students covered their tuition by weaving. Arrowcraft, associated with Pi Beta Phi School at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and the Penland Weavers and Potters, begun at the Appalachian School at Penland, North Carolina, followed the Berea model. Women wove at home with patterns and materials supplied by the center, retu
LC Classification Number
TT848.A716 2003
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